“This damage is enormous”, the head of diplomacy of Russia stressed in an interview to the Rossiya 1 television channel.
Likewise, he recalled that Donald Trump’s first presidential term “caused serious damage, largely due to the legacy of Barack Obama”, his predecessor in the White House.
In this regard, Lavrov branded as “indecent” the sanctions that Obama imposed against Russian diplomats in the final weeks of his term.
“Currently, Joe Biden’s administration is trying to do the same,” the foreign minister remarked prior to the presidential handover that will take place this Monday in Washington.
The statements of Foreign Minister have precedents, since in December 2016, shortly before President Barack Obama left the White House, his government expelled 35 Russian diplomats and ordered the closure of two mansions in Centreville, in the state of Maryland, and Oyster Bay, in New York. At the time, the U.S. authorities used as an excuse Moscow’s alleged interference in the presidential elections in the northern nation, reasons repeatedly denied by Russia.
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